CHAPTER V 

 RESPONSE TO ENVIORNMENT 



In studying grapes in different localities it soon became evident 

 that a grape that succeeds in one locality may be of little worth 

 in some other place. To illustrate, an attempt was made to grow 

 Muscadine grapes dug. on the banks of the Oostanaula River, 

 Georgia, at Hillcrest, some eight miles from Nashville, Tennessee: 

 but they made only indifferent growth and never bloomed. 



Mr. Ed. Truitt of Franklin, Tennessee, reported most excellent 

 success with Catawba grapes, and because of his success two hun- 

 dred vines of this variety were set at Nashville Agricultural 

 Normal Institute. They have been bearing for four years, but 

 have, given only ordinary results. 



At Greenville, Tennessee Worden grapes were seen at their 

 best. Prof. Albert C. Holt, dean of Tusculum College, near 

 there, reported this as the most successful grape in his vicinity. 

 On the contrary, Mr. John Muir of Hendersonville, Tennessee, 

 one of the largest grape growers in the South, reports it as an un- 

 profitable variety. In the vineyard in which the variety studies 

 reported herein were largely made, it has succeeded fairly well, 

 but not so well as Concord. As it grows for a neighbor on newly 

 cleared land, it is extra good. 



Delaware is generally reported to be a weak grower and a poor 

 yielder. In North Carolina, especially around Tryon, it is pro- 

 ductive and has proved a very profitable grape. In most of Tenn- 

 essee it has done well. 



In the Nashville Agricultural Normal Institute vineyard where 

 these studies were made, Moore's Early has never produced 

 enough grapes to be profitable, and the quality is poor. On 

 Mr. Muir's place at Hendersonville, Tennessee, it produces 

 large enough crops to be profitable because of its carliness. 



Concord has proven to be a grape of great adaptability. It 

 usually succeeds even where others fail, but at Mr. Cantrell's 

 place near Austell, Georgia, it failed; while Niagara, a grape 

 that is usually subject to disease, was giving good results when 

 observed in 1915. 



As mentioned above, Niagara was found fruiting heavily at 

 Austel, Georgia, without having been sprayed. At Tryon, North 

 Carolina, it is the leading grape grown. It has been observed 

 three seasons fruiting well at Farm School, near Swa.nninoah, 

 North Carolina. Where these studies were made, it bears heavy 

 crops, but is very subject to disease and so requires extra spraying. 

 Mr. Lindsey gives the information that at Tryon, North Carolina, 

 it is as disease resistant as Concord. 



Not far from Mobile, Alabama, at Gulfport, there are according 



